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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Enriching Education: Kindergarten Readiness Report and Assessment

Recognized as the No. 1 digital learning resource for young children, the award-winning
ABCmouse.comEarly Learning Academyhas become a trusted curriculum for millions of parents and more than 65,000 teachers across the United States. To
further support
families and early childhood educators in preparing children for
kindergarten, Age of Learning, Inc., the creator of ABCmouse, today
released an unprecedented, comprehensive analysis of Kindergarten Readiness
standards across all 50 states. The Kindergarten Readiness Report, available at www.ageoflearning.com/KR, reveals substantial common ground among state Kindergarten Readiness standards, with 15 specific
skills that 85 percent or more of states would like to see children acquire before entering kindergarten.

Based
on the common standards identified in the Kindergarten Readiness
Report, Age of Learning has developed and today also announced the
launch of an in-depth Kindergarten Readiness
assessment, which parents can use with the ABCmouse
curriculum to help better prepare children for kindergarten. With more
than 7,000 learning activities and 650 lessons, ABCmouse is available
on computers, tablets, and smartphones and is
used by millions of children at home,
in more than 65,000 U.S. classrooms, and in more than one third of all
U.S. public libraries.
Large-scale research studies assessing the effectiveness of ABCmouse
have concluded that ABCmouse accelerates learning and helps children make significant gains in early literacy and math skills.

Available in a new ABCmouse Assessment Center, the easy-to-use Kindergarten Readiness assessment was
developed with guidance from the leading education and assessment research organization
SRI International, and from the independent research institution
NORC at the University of Chicago.

Academic
areas covered in the assessment include Language, Literacy, and
Math—domains in which 100 percent of the 50 states have established
specific Kindergarten
Readiness standards. To learn more about the ABCmouse Assessment
Center, visit www.abcmouse.com/take-intro-assessment.

ABCmouse Assessment Center features include

·A
comprehensive preschool academic skills assessment, composed of 11
Language, Literacy, and Math skills that can be taken as one assessment
or as 11 individual
assessments

·A
comprehensive kindergarten academic skills assessment, composed of 12
Language, Literacy, and Math skills that can be taken as one assessment
or as 12
individual assessments

·Customized lessons targeted to help a child improve in specific skill areas identified by the assessments for further practice

·Unlimited
access to the assessments for up to three children, including tracking
for each child on comprehensive academic skills assessments, as well as
on individual reading, oral language, and math skills

About Age of Learning, Inc.Age of Learning (www.AgeofLearning.com)
is a leading education technology innovator and producer of the multi-award-winning ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy
(www.ABCmouse.com),
serving millions of children. Based in Los Angeles,
the company blends education best practices, innovative technology, and
insightful creativity to bring learning to life for children across the
U.S. and around the world. Age of Learning's content provides young
learners, their families, and teachers with
a comprehensive curriculum that includes thousands of highly engaging
and effective learning activities that build a strong foundation for
academic success. Recognized as the No. 1 digital learning resource for
children ages 2–7, ABCmouse is regularly ranked
as the leading children's learning iPad, iPhone, and Android app in
both the Kids and Education categories; to date, children have completed
more than 1.6 billion ABCmouse learning activities. The company's
Education Access Initiatives
reach millions of children by offering the
full award-winning ABCmouse curriculum at no cost to teachers and
community institutions such as libraries, Head Start programs, and
community centers—including public housing authorities and after-school
programs.